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Why People Hate Class Reunions
Cathy, Sue, and Jane haven't seen each other since
High School. They rediscover each other via a reunion
website and arrange to meet for lunch in a wine
bar.
Cathy arrives first, wearing a beige Versace. She
orders a bottle of Pinot Grigio.
Sue arrives shortly afterward, in
gray Chanel. After the required ritualized kisses she joins Cathy in a glass of
wine.
Then Jane walks in, wearing a faded
old tee-shirt, blue jeans, and boots. She too shares the
wine.
Cathy explains that after leaving
high school and graduating from Princeton in Classics, she met and married Bill,
with whom she has a beautiful daughter. Bill is a partner in one of
New York's leading law firms. They live in a 4000 sq. ft. co-op on
Fifth Avenue, where Susanna, the daughter, attends drama school.
They have a second home in Phoenix.
Sue relates that she graduated from
Harvard Med School and became a surgeon. Her husband, Clint, is a
leading Wall Street investment banker.They live in Southampton on Long Island
and have a second home in Naples,
Florida.
Jane
explains that she left school at 17 and ran off with
her
boyfriend, Ted. They run a tropical bird park in Memphis
and grow their own vegetables. Ted can stand five parrots, side by
side, on his
penis.Halfway down
the third bottle of wine and several hours later, Cathy blurts out
that her husband is really a cashier at Wal-Mart. They live in a
small apartment in Brooklyn and have a travel trailer parked at
a nearby storage
facility.
Sue, chastened and encouraged by
her old friend's honesty, explains that she and Clint are both
nurses' aides in a retirement home. They live in Jersey City and
take vacation camping trips to Alabama.
Jane admits that the fifth parrot
has to stand on one
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just wanted to share some photos from last night- ^ My niece, sister, nephew, b-i-l and me
^ my nephew and me
^ me and my dear friend that went with me
they totally whooped the other team, which just happened to be MY high school! I cheered for both sides.
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Alllllll Rigggghhhttt!!!! Lookin good!!!!!!
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Spookie, dear friends son with new family kids both boys, and dear grand daughter with two boys---all from England----the repeat place for visits is Leggo Land...... It's the interactives. I thought Leggo Land wouldn't make it, just the opposite. The hands on, is making it the biggest draw in our play land. So, wish it wasn't 2/ 1/2 hours from here.DBF has a full time job, six days a week. Plus, he'll have his folks that call him. It's going to be a very trying time. The next couple of months will tell. I kept him from being homeless. I kept him from disaster. Got him righteous with drivers license, insurance, car, and tools. I helped with his child support issue, then the lawyer screwed it up. Things haven't just been one way. My home is in great re-pair. LOL, he's great at doing and folding laundry---totally hate folding. But ................We will see..........I love him, but am not blind.
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Oh My Dog it's expensive though! $300 for the rest, she gets in free because she's a teacher. (3other people). Plus food, gas, parking........ It's as much as Disney.
Did I post this here? Brain farts today!
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Spookie-------not sure , are you dissing Moffitt? I totally love Moffitt. Moffitt did right by my brain tumor and craniotomy. Then did right by my thyroid cancer. So, wish all my care went through them. The care there is so superlative to my county. My insurance covers only two counties. PITA to go out of county. Each time I have to prove the service isn't offered here--pita.------so sucks. Now going through it again b/c of the eczema issue.0 -
Jwoooooooooooohooo great happy pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!0 -
Jwow--love the pics, Chevy funny joke, it's about time u said something funny.
Mags men are notorious for the remote, I think that's why I divorced one of my husbands--
I just forgot everything I read damn. My brain has turned like a squirrel they bury there NUTS in the good westher and then forget any place they buried them.
Spookie I hope u'r feeling better, in fact I hope anyone who is having any problems feels better.
OK Smarty pants Chevy, all my aunts and my mom were all in charge of their marriages---money, decisions could not be made without them OKing them, In fact my dad had an allowance every week and that was that--he drove my mom anywhere and just waited in the car and never said a word about how long she took.Never heard anyone raise their voiced to each other. My dad did all the repairs for us and everyone in the family and I think I said this before but my mom was a smart, tough woman way ahead of her time, and one of the times she wanted her kitchen all redone, paint, floor everthing and my dad did it all and the second day after it was done, she told him she didn't like it, he had to do it all over again in different colors. LOL And he never complained about anything ever. When he was much oder my sister and I asked him why didn't he say something, and he said it was easier to just make her happy than to argue so these women made all the rules. Maybe cuz the part of Italy where they all came from was controlled more by women thaen men. Oh and he totally followed my moms way of raising us--we all went to Catholic school and he was an atheist. And no meat on Fridays hahaha So my dear Chevy we are not all controlling except the women--we are all goofy too. And all the women worked too.
Whew that was along nothing, but u know I'm good for saying nothing and making it look like something. I know I know it's boring but it's me who's writing this what did u expect. Entertainment? Never. OK tha, tha, tht's all folks.
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Cami, please, you are on so many meds that they are doing more damage that good. I know you had a friend do an interaction check. But what happens in the body when all the drugs get in there and start mixing up. The drug interaction report is not a good judge.0 -
Nope, not dissing Moffitt . That was in this mornings Tampa Bay Times. I like it, I'd get one, but won't give up my handicap tag. Moffitt has always been my plan B. I'm just having brain farts. Posted that a few places, now I don't remember
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Okay.... got it! It was your MOM who wore the pants, and your Dad was scared of her.... I mean he didn't want to rock the boat! Same here! That's the way I used to be...Your Dad was actually the one who gave in....like me.
I KNEW what his family was capable of.... The TEMPERS those people had! I mean screaming and yelling happened all day! I didn't do that! Actually my folks were always fighting too.... mostly because of his drinking and other women... I just wanted to have my own family, and be NOTHING like the way I was raised, or doing the things HIS family did....like fight, and always talking LOUD!
Those people must have all been deaf! ... Okay.... Sass is telling you to behave and don't do drugs.... Weed is okay.... just not drugs....
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Oh Oh I forgot to tell u--I was at the front desk and my pants fell down to my ankles and I had depends on--I turned around and said welcome to my world and u get to share it. I picked up my pants and sat down.
Sas I agree with u but everything I take is for some damn thing that I have, when I started all this crap I was on 3 meds that's it now it just keeps on adding up and maybe Xanax once in a while----now what I'm on I didn't even count the pain meds or Xanax and sometimes I stop one or 2 and I always get caught cuz it comes out in my tests.
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the front desk reallyomg george is bitchin that michael hid the controls, he went to work, these kids get on my nerves...
it is 124 go away.
Jen love the pix nope only went to 1 football, never made it to my grandsons, still not feeling well.
HUGS ALL AROUND
BBL
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Thank you everyone for prayers.
Chevy, thanks for the video, pasta salad recipe and funny story
Sassy, appreciate the offer, difficult to do, then phone battery died.
In ER all day with Mom. Lots of blood taken, chest x-Ray, US and CT scan. Nothing conclusive. Admitted her for observation. Stayed to feed her for an hour (hadn't had anything to eat or drink for over 10 hours, only 1 small IV). With help she ate more than expected. Plan to get up early to take Dad out so we can feed her breakfast. Floor nurse was such a sweetheart.
Jwoo, thanks for sharing beautiful photo of you and your family!
Cami, I feel your embarrassment.
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Hey Blondie.
Oh 2nd I'm sorry for what's going on. It's such a sad time when we take care of our parents. (((HUGS)))
Oh I wasn't embarrassed at all, that's the sad part. And the room was filled.
Joey slept over at my DD1's home tonite, I wasn't in the mood--u have to have loads of patience with her husband he talks constanly about nothing or things he thinks no one else know and then when I really get fed up I debate him and I seem to know more. U have to be in the mood and I'm to tired and worn out for it and it's not like my DD and I visit cuz he never gives us a chance. Oh well I do have 1 good SIL so I should be happy.
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Well I have given up it's 1:15 am and I have tried the guest bedroom... now out in the livingroom... thrashing around. Can't get comfortable and can't sleep... joints hurt & a headache.. In short a normal night. Waiting until morning and trying to find anything to do - stir crazy. Funny all the posts.
My Mom and brothers live in Sarasota but she hasn't mentioned unusual amounts of rain. Then again she is whifty and can't remember what she had for lunch. Love all the photos. I used to like walking around my Mom's community because there were so many animals, turtles, birds, alligators and neat fish, lots of ponds. If it wasn't for the bugs and the humidity Florida would be cool to live in. I swell up when it's too hot. This is the hottest summer and the driest that we have had in Oregon in 14 years we have been here. Our family in CA is just roasting and not a drop of rain. Pitiful.
Blondie sorry you aren't feeling good. I haven't really felt good since all this BC BS started back in 2007. Instant chemical menopause and no sleep year after year after year. ugh. My left arm is all bloated.. sigh. I stopped wearing the sleeve or wrapping it. That kept me from sleeping too. What we have to put up with..OY! Thank you all for the amusing stories to read in the wee hours.
Good luck trying to get some zzzzs.
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So now I am getting requests from all these GUYS
on FB! One of them even posted this picture, from when we were
seniors...It's just so HARD being a tramp! No.... I
won't "friend" them.... they just missed out.... that's
all.I was so quiet and introverted when I was a
girl... but THAT thought sure disappeared!I only went out with 2 boys when I was in
high-school.... and I found out, even with all my attributes, that there was
only one thing they were interested in....ONE even slammed my head into the back window,
because he was rather drunk, and would not take NO for an answer... Then he REALLY got mad because my head broke his window. My girlfriend was in the front seat, crying.... It's a wonder me made it out alive. Then they took us home.... probably sobered up a bit...Bad
memories....I just hated that paper-bag they put over my
head!Meeting my DH was my life-saver....
Sass! That was aNOTHER head slam! Man, it's a wonder I can even rub two sticks together to make a fire....
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Cammi? Ah geez gals.... I TOLD you we can't take her ANYwhere! I talked to her about this.... um..... problem on the other thread.... the older woman's thread....
Which brings me to the question, WHY ARE WE ON THE OLDER WOMANS THREAD? I mean some of us ARE, but others are NOT.... yet! Oh well.... I'll continue....
Cammi, I TOLD you to wear a rope around your pants.... or suspenders.... or better yet, wear a long skirt..... oh wait.... never mind. Put suspenders on your thong, to hold it into place. That's what I do.... Depends are not cool..... wear a heavy duty pad.... or even a disposable diaper.... or is that what they are? And no-one noticed? Where WERE you when this happened? In the Forest somewhere? I just hope so.... I think I am embarrassed FOR you! You are such a loose woman!
Okay RoseValley! Where ARE you? In a valley of roses? That sounds so NICE! And I'm sorry for all your problems, and not sleeping! I was on Tamoxifen, and that caused the same thing!
Can you try sleeping at different times, like maybe early daytime, or even in a different place? Once when I was sooooo sick with pneumonia, I went outdoors with my pillows and slept in the swing..... It's like your mind just stays awake in the darkness.... but outdoors, it is just different.
Do you try and sleep with a fan on, or a radio or TV? I don't mean loud enough to blast you out of your socks, but just something else to listen to besides your brain.
Hi Sass, Blondie and 222222nd! We have to "fix" this Cammi, before she thinks of going out again!
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Lordy, Chevy,,,, how times change. today that guy would go to jail!!!!!!.Quiet day, windows open, fans on. A/c off. First time since spring.
Hi Rose, Hope your sleeping since you posted. Hated those 36-72 hours without sleep. Killers. Usually we are much more yakkity. But the weekends are kind of quiet. Which is good
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I know Sass.... My friend just kept saying the Lord's Prayer in the front seat..... My Dad wanted to find him and kill him....
He was a body-builder, and I had gone out with him before! And he had picked me up from work a few times, but THAT time, he must have been smoking something or he and his lame-brain friend must have been drinking....! My friend and I ran into them at the drive-in, and they asked us to join them.... and since I thought I KNEW him, we went...
But he became an animal.... Never saw him again.... someone else probably shot him!
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Chevy, you are an amazing woman as well as beautiful, kind hearted, funny... Ok, enough of that, your head won't fit thru the door!
Welcome Rose!
Seems quiet today.
Dad and I went to see Mom this morning to feed her breakfast, no moaning and crying, they must be relieving pain. She would wake up long enough to take a few bites then back to sleep. They have her legs on electric compression devices which seem to be working. Have to restrain arms, trying to remove cath and IV lead. Won't release her today as still no definitive dx. Hopefully tomorrow. Dad and I leaving for our dinner in a couple minutes, then out to feed Mom dinner.
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Chevyboy - that's amazing being sought after by folks from high school. Amazing.. hope it's not alarming. ;-) You all sure do have lots of energy!
Yes i did finally get some zzzzs. Yay! Absolutely gorgeous day the Rose City Portland Oregon. Unseasonably warm middle 80s in October??? We are still picking tomatoes off the vine! We are 5 hours from Canada - this kind of weather does not happen very often. I am enjoying the tremendously warm sunny weather. Sounds like most of you are from FL so sun is an everyday thing. Must be nice. The rains start here in November and last until May! Right now it's just beautiful.
2nd-time around - hope your Mom gets better and out of the facility. Blondie - hope you got some sleep.
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hi, just stopping by to say hi and share a picture
It's so cute lol
I am going back to my real job tmw, hope all goes well
Yes I like my part time better but I can't afford to lose my real paying job lol
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Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend n caught up in their sleep. Me i am taking medication for what is aling me. Nothing to do tomorrow.
Chevy i love that u r tramping around, they r lucky guys.
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Hey Owlettes. Welcome, Rosevalley. I'm a rose lover myself. I used to grow them when I gardened, nd my pup is named Rose. Glad you joined us, though I know we all wish we could get some sleep. I've been in bed for almost 3 hours, but the neuropathy in my feet is so bad it will keep me awake most of the night.
Cami, honey, I sure hope your puter gets fixed soon because it's just not the same without you. And I know that your nemesis misses you though she might not admit it.
Blondie, I can sympathize with the breathing stuff, haven't been able to catch my breath all day and get winded walking to the kitchen for coffee. Well, at least I can drink it again!
Sassy, I'm thankful you started this thread. Thanks for letting me poke my head in every once in a while.
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Mags, I had painful neuropathy in my feet last winter. The Taxol created havoc with them. I was worried that I would battle it forever. I would not say I am 100% confident that it is gone, BUT it is much improved. My last tortuous chemo tx was 12/1/13.
Rose, welcome, I maybe already said that, who knows...lol... My DD was in Portland Oregon today, running the Portland Marathon. We live in Idaho, I wanted you to know that we have 2 very active posters from Florida, the rest of us are spread out.
Cami, when you are with your talk alot SIL, just raise your hand and say in a firm voice "Heard it"... Not polite, but sometimes it is all you can do to get someone to STFU.
Jwoo/Jeni, beautiful photos, thanks for posting them. I am happy you heard from FiercecestBluebird DH. I need to send another card, saying thinking of you.
Hello to all.....
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Holeinone- We were in Portland taking my DD out to lunch and had one heck of a time trying to get across the river because the Hawthorn bridge was closed due to the marathon! Half the streets were blocked.. we drove all over! It was a gorgeous day in Portland; your DD must have had a blast. Lots of folks out.
Magdalane51- yep we grow gorgeous roses here, rhodies, camillias, irises and tulips and azaleas too. I live in the Willamette Valley and you can grow just about everything but citrus and desert type plants. The neuropathy in my feet only bothers me when my feet swell.. which is most everyday - joys from Taxol in 2007. I haven't found the cure for it, so I cant offer you suggestions. It keeps me up too.
Blondie- you are "taking medication for what's ailing me?" Did you mean sleep aides or pain meds? Still off treatment? Did your Granddaughter have her baby? Are you a Great Grandma? Hope you are getting some sleep.
I hope you all get zzzzs.
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Rose
No baby april.. yep took the pain meds n the sleep aides n medicine 4 the coghing n runninng nose n chest congestion . Yep still no treatment
HAPPY MONDAY
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Hi, I'm new. Had surgery last week. My bedtime used to be 3am but then I got a cat so now my bedtime is 1am, 3am, 5am, 7am, 9am. Got cat from SPCA a few months ago - she was so scrawny! Now she knows I'll throw food at her every time she bounces on my chest. I knew better but I needed the sleep.
Glad I found you!
WT
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)ol glad u found us 2
Good night hopefully
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